OBIT: Mertie E. (LOEHR) BLACK ALBRIGHT, 1982, formerly of Meyersdale, Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed by John C. Oester. Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _______________________________________________ MERTIE E ALBRIGHT Mertie E. Albright, 98, formerly of Meyersdale, died April 15 in Phoenix. Arziona. She had been a resident of The Beatitudes, a retirement home in Phoenix, for several years. She was born in Lone Tree, Iowa, August 6, 1883, a daughter of the late Jacob C. and Emma Faulkner Loehr. She was married to the late Blanchard A. Black, D.D. in September, 1905. Dr. Black was a pastor of Amity Reformed Church from 1924 to 1939 and died in September, 1942. She is survived by eight children: Mrs. Marion Brodie, Vancouver, BC, Canada; Mrs. Florence Dively, Tuscon, Arizona; Mrs. Elizabeth Smith, Sharon; Mrs. Ruth Beyer, Albuquerue, New Mexico; Mrs. Jane Hoblitzell, Seal Beach, Calif.; Mrs. Marcia Gundrum, Scottsdale, Arizona; William W. Black, Johnstown and James A. Black, Cumberland, Md. Also survived by 17 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren. The Republic May 6, 1982 [A0126]